Essays about: "Unpaid labour"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words Unpaid labour.

  1. 1. THE ROLE OF DIPLOMATIC SPOUSES: A BOURDIEUSIAN EXPLORATION Expectations and restrictions of contemporary diplomatic spouses

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victoria Sjöberg; [2024-02-15]
    Keywords : Diplomacy; diplomatic spouse; Bourdieu; patriarchy;

    Abstract : Ever since the 19th century women who marries diplomats has taken on the role of a diplomatic wife. The wives were responsible for entertaining and creating a welcoming atmosphere. It was such an essential role of diplomacy that they had courses and manuals on how to conduct themselves and how to arrange flowers and seating charts. READ MORE

  3. 2. "A book is not like any other commodity" : A qualitative study on Swedish bookfluencers, labour, and aspirations.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Jonsson Martina; [2023]
    Keywords : bookfluencers; book content; aspirational labour; affective labour; gifted books; gifted content; social media marketing; attunement; work-net;

    Abstract : The thesis focuses on bookfluencers – content creators that create content about books and reading. The study explores how they perceive the gifted books they receive from book publishers and other actors, which they are expected to create content about – often unpaid. READ MORE

  4. 3. Between career development and modern slavery : A netnographic exploration of how LinkedIn users conceptualise and experience the unpaid internship

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Amanda Tydesjö; [2023]
    Keywords : Unpaid internship; educational contract; employability strategy; modern slavery; career development;

    Abstract : Societal demand to enhance individual employability in an increasingly congested postgraduate labour market has led to a boom in unpaid internships in the 21st century. This has produced a continuum of attitudes, from perceiving the unpaid internship as an important career opportunity to perceiving it as exploitative slavery. READ MORE

  5. 4. Local NGOs combat against Child Labour : A case study in Mwanza, Tanzania

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Halima-Sadiya Ahmed Abdullahi; [2023]
    Keywords : NGO; child labour; artisanal small-scale mining; agriculture; Mwanza; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Children engage in paid and unpaid work that is damaging to them daily all around the world. They are categorized as child laborers, however when they are either too young to work or are engaged in dangerous activities that may jeopardize their physical, mental, social or educational development (Unicef 2021). READ MORE

  6. 5. “If we don’t, then who will?” : A qualitative study about Black Afro-Swedish women’s embodied identity experiences in working life

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Leila Axelsson; Emma Rangdal; [2022]
    Keywords : Afro-Swedish women; embodied identity; identity work; intersectionality; Black feminism; embodied research; collective identity;

    Abstract : Sweden has been celebrated in public discourse for being a major proponent of social justice and anti-racist policies, but the country’s ambiguous history with racism has been replaced by colour-evasive discourses permeating contemporary organisations today. Management and organisation studies have focused on the individual identity work of employees, without further attention to the intersecting social positionings of Black Afro-Swedish women. READ MORE